Effects of Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. on sexual behaviour of male rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 849-855

  Sudwan, Paiwan ^a,b   Saenphet, Kanokporn ^a   Aritajat, Salika ^a   Sitasuwan, Narit ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Boesenbergia rotunda; Reproductive organ; Sexual behaviour; Sperm density; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BOESENBERGIA ROTUNDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOESENBERGIA ROTUNDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 36049031465     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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